Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER TRIES TO MEDIATE IN UKRAINE[Read More…]
Month: May 2014
West Virginia PBS, WVU College of Law and WV Press Association look at Freedom of Information in state
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Law Works, the West Virginia PBS series on legal issues that affect daily life in West Virginia, looks at the state’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) an the impact a recent West Virginia Supreme Court ruling might have on the use of FOIA. Freedom of information acts,[Read More…]
Funding for child advocacy programs still at issue
Editor’s note — Reporters from WVPA member newspapers documented ongoing efforts by advocates of early childhood and domestic violence programs, along with may state legislators, to have funding levels restored for such state program. The following is a summary of last week’s work. See links the end of the summary[Read More…]
Daily Mail staffer awarded for water crisis timeline
A blog post by Charleston Daily Mail Editor and Publisher Brad McElhinny CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Well done to Charleston Daily Mail multimedia reporter Marcus Constantino, who has been recognized for his compilation of a useful and interesting interactive timeline of the WV water contamination. The timeline, which Marcus compiled using a[Read More…]
Gazette writers win two Green Eyeshade awards
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston Gazette staff writers won two first-place honors in this year’s Green Eyeshade Awards, a contest that recognizes the best newspaper reporting and writing in the southeastern United States. The Society of Professional Journalists granted Green Eyeshade Awards to Gazette staff writers Douglas Imbrogno, Eric[Read More…]
Grafton celebrates 100 years of Mother’s Day
GRAFTON, W.Va. — Anna Jarvis would have been proud to see how Mother’s Day was celebrated Sunday afternoon at the International Mother’s Day Shrine in Grafton. Sunday marked the 100th anniversary of the holiday becoming an official day to honor mothers throughout the nation. The shrine hosts a special Mother’s[Read More…]
Pony on the road to recovery at Oglebay
WHEELING, W.Va. — Grazing outside the Oglebay Stables, Moochie the pony doesn’t want to lift his head. Only a few weeks ago, however, he couldn’t lift his body off the stables’ ground. “He’s much better than he was when he first came here. He was really, really sick,” said Melanee[Read More…]
Utica Shale now being explored in West Virginia
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. – Stone Energy Corp. and Gastar Exploration join Fossil Creek Ohio in digging into the Utica Shale formation underlying much of Marshall, Wetzel and Ohio counties. For several years, companies drilled into the Marcellus shale in West Virginia and the Utica in Ohio, but the Utica blitz is[Read More…]
Jefferson County fair to cancel pig show
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. – The Jefferson County Fair Board is taking precautions to try to stop the spread of a deadly virus affecting pigs, canceling the pig show at the 2014 Jefferson County Fair. According to the West Virginia University Extension Service, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus, known as PEDv, is[Read More…]
Don’t blame poverty for poor reading skills
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Educators and public officials in West Virginia are often too willing to use poverty as an excuse for poor performance by our students. The most recent report in which West Virginia performed miserably was a national assessment in which students[Read More…]
